Until this time a great deal of research of acupuncture therapy for diabetes mellitus has appeared, however very few reports have examined the relationship with the blood sugar value in most of the cases. Using 111 cases of diabetes mellitus treated over the past 5 years as subjects we performed a clinical study of acupuncture and moxibustion.
Therapy was divided into general treatment, normally administered generally, and classified treatment administered according to specific symptoms.
From among the 111 cases, eliminating 36 cases in which therapy was discontinued within 2 months of the start and 21 cases in which blood sugar was untested, there were 54 cases in which the blood sugar count was distinct.
Results were evaluated as one of 4 ranks, Excellent, Good, Stable, Ineffective, according to the improvement in the blood sugar count.
Results were excellent in 19 cases, good in 7 cases, stable in 18 cases and ineffective in 10 cases. The blood sugar count improved in about half of the cases.
Examining the relationship between the medical history and results, and the period of treatment and results, it was found that treatment was ineffective mostly in cases in which the history was long or in cases in which treatment was discontinued within a year.
A tendency was noted for good therapeutic results to be in direct proportion to the shortness of the disease history. Considering relationship with individual symptoms, there were no ineffective cases which showed accompanying symptoms of dryness of the mouth or fatigue. No remarkable relationship between the highness or lowness of the blood sugar count and therapeutic results appeared. Excellent results were observed even in cases in which the blood sugar count was high enough to warrant the use of insulin or oral anti-diabetic drug.
Thus it can be said that acupuncture-moxibustion therapy is a treatment method of applicable value for the treatment of diabetes mellitus.

Using 83 assumed arthrosis deformans of the knee patients as subjects we conducted a clinical study of acupuncture therapy adding cross-insertion and twisting techniques and examined the therapeutic results in a total of 72 cases, omitting cases in which treatment was discontinued.
Treatment was divided into general treatment which was administered in all cases and classified treatment according to the specific area of pain. Results were evaluated by 4 ranks-cure, improvement, no change and aggravation of symptoms, according to the rate of improvement in pain and test results. These results indicated either cure or improvement in 67 cases (93%), that is in a large majority of the cases an improvement of symptoms was obtained with acupuncture therapy. Looking at the number of treatments, results improved respectively with the greater number of treatments. Therapeutic results were about the same in all age groups. Treatment over an extended period is necessary in cases in which the painful area feels hot upon touch however it became clear that if treatment is continued good results are obtainable.

Acupuncture-moxibustion is an accumulation of a long period of experience in direct treatment of the human body. Still today the same types of methods occupy the main stream of acupuncture-moxibustion therapy. In order to move toward more effective methods in therapy it is essential that the methods used be effective and objective and that comparative examination with other methods be conducted.
I discovered that acupuncture administered to the area of muscle contracture at the nerve radix is remarkably effective and that in comparison with other acupuncture methods is highly effective. In order to examine these effects through animal experiments I administered tetanic stimulation to the gastrocnemius muscles to weaken the contraction strength and proved that acupuncture serves to accelerate the recovery action. As this function appeared even after the nerve was severed I considered the possibility that it might be an axon reflex. The effects vanished with the administration of an axon reflex suppressant but were observed even after denervation.
It can be stated that little progress will occur unless in this manner acupuncture research is repeatedly conducted such that results are verified through a comparative examination followed by fundamental experiments in which similar pathological conditions are created in animals and the acupuncture effects and mechanism verified.

Asada's Saikatsugekito, which is a mixture of ginseng-and jujube-free, but gypsumadded Shosaikoto-Kakkonto mixture, is thought to be used for the Heibyo of Taiyobyo and Ritekisyoyosho according to its composition and the contents of the description in its source. On the other hand, in the treatment of Heibyo, Senhyogori may be the therapeutical principle for such a pathological condition according to that for Taiyobyo and Yomeibyo, but the present treatment is thought to be exceptionally beneficial due to the effect of Hyorisokai. The present case of cold syndrome, which initially was supposed to be Maotosho, was diagnosed, on the day after its first examination, as transferred to Ritekisyoyosho, i. e. Heibyo of Taiyosho and Ritekisyoyosho. The present treatment caused its symptomatic remission in a short period of time. This may be indicative of the significance of the present treatment for such a state of Heibyo of Taiyobyo and Ritekisyoyosho. From the viewpoint of Heibyo treatment, we should bear in mind that some exceptional use, such as in the present treatment, may be practical in consideration of the therapeutical principle.